-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rescuers have yet to find any survivors or bodies Saturday after a landslide that buried 83 workers at a gold mine in the Tibet Autonomous Region , reported Xinhua , the Chinese state-run news agency .

The likelihood of the miners ' survival of the Friday landslide are slim , a government spokesperson was quoted in the Xinhua report . Rescue efforts are ongoing , despite being hindered by additional minor landslides and altitude sickness . The mining site is located at 4,600 meters , which is 15,092 feet .

Cold temperatures falling to -3 degrees Celsius -LRB- 26 degrees Fahrenheit -RRB- have hampered the sniffer dogs ' sense of smell and their ability to trace the trapped miners , the news agency reported .

The incident occurred Friday , about 6 a.m. in Maizhokunggar County , east of Lhasa , the regional capital . The landslide extended three kilometers -LRB- almost two miles -RRB- and was made up of about 2 million cubic meters -LRB- 2.6 million cubic yards -RRB- of mud , rock and other debris , according to Xinhua .

The victims , including two Tibetans , were workers from Tibet Huatailong Mining Development Co. Ltd. , a subsidiary of the China National Gold Group Corp. , the news agency said .

CNN 's Lonzo Cook contributed to this report

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Rescuers seek 83 miners after massive landslide in Tibet Autonomous Region

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No survivors or bodies have been found yet ; Rescue efforts ongoing

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Likelihood of miners ' survival are slim , says government official